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William Carl Thomas's avatar

A movie like this without Liam Neeson? Everyone knows the Commandant of West Point has a very special skill set!

Irene Goodman's avatar

Write this up as a treatment and it can be sent to movie agents.

Leah Martin-Dagher's avatar

your book title should be "Critical Faith"

Leah Martin-Dagher's avatar

(i just removed an app described as a 'critical threat' from my samsung phone)

Carolyn R Street's avatar

Wouldn’t surprise me if this actually happens.

Susan Michaletz's avatar

Love your morning email. Great storyline. I am sending it to my cousin…he knows people.

Greg Scott's avatar

Who says it's worth $1Trillion? The same people that can't balance a budget (like the rest of us have to!)? What if the global economy says it's NOT worth $1Trillion? Then what? We still default, the coin isn't worth stealing and the movie becomes a "B movie" on MeTV like "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly!

Katya Sullivan's avatar

Then we have to look at the whole conception of money and perhaps accept bitcoin as a reality. It's worth $1 trillion because someone we ostensibly trust says it is. Money's awful tricky like that!

(this might be why my mother is a big believer in having both silver jewellery and an awful lot of tinned food around; one or the other will be tradeable in the apocalypse!)

SPW's avatar

In line with the tinned food Kate, I have some strange herbal tea I wish you had. It didn’t tickle my taste buds quite like it must yours.

Katya Sullivan's avatar

Taste buds are picky things! I mean, heck, I can't stand chamomile and everyone else seems to love it....

SPW's avatar

Slow day in an overactive brain box Bill? Fun reading though.

Christian's avatar

I would definitely watch this! Then again, if some producer decided to film this as a it could quickly lose its appeal. Don't get me wrong, I love a good documentary. However, in a world turned upside down in a good movie create a sense of normalcy. In this

post (?) Pandemic world a good movie might very well be the equivalent to the orchestra playing, as the Titanic sunk.

On that note, I've seen a couple movies produced by an LA based independent production company. Mister Lister Films march to their own beat. @misterlisterfilms

I'm not saying they're the best things I've ever seen but they are definitely not the worst. They just tend to capture the world in a different light. I have listed a couple of their movies for reference.

How It Ends (2021) Comedy

Breaking Upwards (2009) Romance Comedy

Band Aid (2017)| Comedy, Drama, Music

risenhow's avatar

Hook. Line. Sinker. Well done.

Rosa Estrada's avatar

Very entertaining. I like the female president detail. But when filming you should have Janet Yellen (the first female treasury secretary) do one of those funny cameos. Just sayin'

Millie Bianco's avatar

Proof of the old adage that truth is stranger than fiction. Loved it!